Tag Archives: Beef
South American Beef Anyone?
Australian Agriculture minister Tony Burke and Trade Minister Simon Crean have taken great pride in announcing the following Free Trade initiatives this week. Thrown open the doors to a flood… Read more
2008 Record Year For Australian Beef Exports
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) released figures yesterday that Australia had exported a record tonnage for 2008 . Exports for the past calendar year reached 957,479 tonne swt – up… Read more
16th Case of Mad Cow Found in Canada
Canadia’s Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed it had found it’s 16th case of Mad Cow Disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE) in a 7-year-old dairy cow from British Columbia…. Read more
Aussie Dollar Crash Shields Farmers
If the Australian Dollar had not crashed from 98 cents US a couple of months ago to 65 cents US now there would be carnage in Australia’s rural sector. The… Read more
QLD Cattleman Greg Brown New President of Cattle Council of Australia
In what is tremendous news for the Australian Cattle Industry North Queensland Cattleman Greg Brown has been elected president of Australia’s peak beef industry body, Cattle Council of Australia. Photo… Read more
I knew I Could Smell Blood in The Water
I have been probing the peak bodies for possible ramifications of the global credit crisis on our farmers for days. I just knew there had to be some, but I… Read more
Will Australians eat Kangaroo Instead Of Beef or Lamb?
Beef consumption per head of population in Australia has not changed since 1960. Ross Garnaut and others fanciful suggestion that Australians should shift from eating beef and lamb to Kangaroo… Read more
Senator Ron Boswell Says “Put another Roo On The Barby”
QLD Senator Ron Boswell [pictured] has written to Agmates about Ross Garnaut’s fanciful suggestion that Australian farmers graze Roo’s instead of cattle and sheep. This article has earned Senator Boswell… Read more
Time to Sort out Producers Beef With Meat & Livestock Australia
. . . BEEF WARS What is going on with the ongoing feud between some Australian beef producers and its own peak body Meat and Livestock Australia. MLA was established… Read more
ETS to Cost Australian Beef Producers $450 million / year on Slaughter Cattle
Explosive new research has shown Australian Beef producers will be slugged $450 million dollars a year on slaughter cattle as the result of the emissions trading scheme. Senator Ron Boswell… Read more
